Climate averages 1991–2020
Mijas weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mijas: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 3.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Málaga (24 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 2.1°C warmer than Mijas, with 4.4 mm of rain.
Among the 93 cities listed in Spain, Mijas ranks 73rd of 93 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 93 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 93 cities is 29.3°C; Mijas is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 23.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.2 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mijas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12.5°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 64 | 7.5 | 10.010 h |
| February | 13.0°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 54 | 6.3 | 10.811 h |
| March | 14.8°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 55 | 6.1 | 11.912 h |
| April | 16.5°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 35 | 5.3 | 13.113 h |
| May | 19.5°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 20 | 3.2 | 14.114 h |
| June | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 5.2 | 0.9 | 14.615 h |
| July | 26.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 14.414 h |
| August, selected | 26.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.2 | 0.6 | 13.614 h |
| September | 23.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 23 | 2.9 | 12.412 h |
| October | 19.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 56 | 6.2 | 11.311 h |
| November | 15.6°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 72 | 7.0 | 10.310 h |
| December | 13.2°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 79 | 7.9 | 9.710 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Málaga in AugustSpain · 24 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 4.4 mm rain
- Marbella in AugustSpain · 24 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.5 mm rain
- Vélez-Málaga in AugustSpain · 52 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Gibraltar in AugustGibraltar · 81 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.6°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Algeciras in AugustSpain · 89 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Fnidek in AugustMorocco · 105 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Granada in AugustSpain · 113 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 14 mm rain
- Martil in AugustMorocco · 123 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 6.5 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mijas) is explained once on the Mijas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.